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star-shaped

American  
[stahr-sheypt] / ˈstɑrˌʃeɪpt /

adjective

  1. of the shape of or like a star.

  2. Mathematics. starlike.


Etymology

Origin of star-shaped

First recorded in 1805–15

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The blue Luma doesn’t appear during the main story of “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie,” but the star-shaped creature steals the mid-credits scene.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 1, 2026

They include Lumas - glowing star-shaped characters that players encounter throughout the game.

From BBC Apr. 1, 2026

At Socrates, examples include “A Sea In-MOTION,” a star-shaped assemblage of bamboo fences by the Pioneers Go East Collective; and Natalia Nakazawa’s part-buckyball, part-yurt “Dome Cartographies.”

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 17, 2025

Think of the toddler's classic hammer-and-bench toy, with square, circular, triangular and star-shaped wooden pegs that can each only fit in the correspondingly shaped hole in the bench.

From Science Daily Nov. 14, 2024

She liked to be in control — it was her safety net — and she could feel that net being ripped away from her by the star-shaped fruit.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray

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